If you had any doubt that the grass-roots growth of apocalyptic Evangelical Christianity could have the power and influence to shape American foreign policy, the new documentary Waiting for Armageddon will open your eyes. Centering on little-examined player in the conflict over Israel–American Evangelical Christians who heap support and tourist dollars on the embattled region–the [...]
Archive for the ‘NY Jewish Film Festival’ category
Inside the NYJFF: Belief at a crossroads in Waiting for Armageddon
January 28, 2009Making the scene at the New York Jewish Film Festival
January 27, 2009Our photographer Susan Sermoneta was there: See more and join our Flickr pool
Inside the NYJFF: A probing look at “Being Jewish in France”
January 23, 2009Poised to become the definitive film on the complex history of French jewry, Yves Jeuland’s sweeping new documentary Being Jewish in France begins with the Dreyfus Affair and ends with contemporary charges of escalating anti-Semitism. New York Jewish Film Festival correspondent Ronit Waisbrod spoke with the filmmaker. Ronit Waisbrod: How did the idea of making [...]
A museum experience outside of the traditional space: more film from the Russian Jewish Theater
January 23, 2009Yesterday, we wondered “What’s the main function of a museum?” One answer that occurred to me this morning is: to always be pushing beyond the boundaries of its traditional physical space. As the New York Jewish Film Festival wraps up over the next week, get ready to check out a fascinating exhibit that takes shape [...]
Look who’s going to camp!
January 22, 2009Congrats, Jonathan Milenko, Alice Simpson, and Michael Kingsley for being brave enough to share your hilarious summer camp stories on Facebook and win tickets to see Camp Girls at the New York Jewish Film Festival, plus a copy of the hilarious Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies. But don’t worry, you [...]
Inside the NYJFF: Exploring The Fire Within
January 22, 2009“You don’t often ask a person of his religion the first time you meet; but in light of the film he made about the conversion process of a Peruvian community in the Amazon basin, I felt comfortable asking The Fire Within director Lorry Salcedo Mitrani whether he was Jewish. The story he told me revealed [...]
Inside the NYJFF: Cultures collide in WWII-set Wedding Song
January 21, 2009A selection of the New York Jewish Film Festival, The Wedding Song tells a story that deftly bridges the personal and political. A young Muslim woman, Nour, and her Jewish friend Myriam are close friends in World War II-era Tunisia, both preparing for marriage. But the Nazi occupation strains their fragile, cross-cultural connection. NYJFF correspondent [...]
Inside the NYJFF: Recovering “Our Disappeared”
January 20, 2009Lots of us are guilty of furtively googling exes. But when filmmaker Juan Mandelbaum typed in the name of his ex-girlfriend Patricia, he was in for a shock: she was among thousands in Argentina who were kidnapped, tortured and then “disappeared” by the military during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Cine Latino en Nueva York blogger (and [...]
Inside the NYJFF: The imaginary voyages of Empty Nest
January 20, 2009“If I imagine a voyage, it will be to Israel,” Empty Nest director Daniel Burman told NYJFF correspondent Ronit Waisbrod, “and if I think of a party—[it will be] a bar mitzvah. In the case of choosing Israel [as a setting for the film], it has to do with personal feelings of my first trip—a [...]
Last chance: win tickets to NYJFF selection Camp Girls!
January 19, 2009If you have a funny/horrible/unbelievable story or photo from your camp days, you could win tickets to see Camp Girls at the New York Jewish Film Festival, plus a copy of the hilarious Camp Camp: Where Fantasy Island Meets Lord of the Flies. Enter now! The deadline is tonight at midnight!
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